The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will begin its fall “Movies@MNH” series Sunday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.m. in the Macbride Auditorium. The movie series is a free family event open to the public. This month’s movie is a NOVA feature titled “Last Extinction: What Killed the Mammoths?”

It's been a cruel summer for Mitt Romney on the Iowa Electronic Markets. Polls show a tight race between Romney and President Barack Obama on the eve of the Republican National Convention, but the two are heading in opposite directions on the IEM.

A team led by the University of Iowa has unearthed some remains of a second mammoth, a rarity for a single site located in the Midwest, scientists associated with the dig announced Friday.

The fourth-annual Hawkapalooza will feature a lunchtime tailgate party, a pep rally, and an evening concert from Grammy-award winning superstar T-Pain at Hubbard Park on Thursday, Sept. 6.

A building with thousands of insects sounds like a big bug problem. But for the UI Museum of Natural History, the challenge is keeping them in the best possible condition. Thanks to a grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa, the museum will upgrade its century-old entomology collection.

Donors from all walks of life give their bodies to the Deeded Body Program in the UI Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology so that faculty can show health sciences students how the human body works.

The University of Iowa is helping a new business get off the ground. Its focus: helping other new businesses do the same.

Poets Eduardo Corral and Dan Rosenberg, alumni of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, will read at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, in Prairie Lights Books and on a live stream through the UI Writing University website.

A research team led by the University of Iowa has upended current thinking about areas in the human brain responsible for self-awareness.

The University of Iowa International Writing Program is welcoming 32 writers from 28 countries to its fall residency, connecting artists from throughout the world and advancing Iowa City's reputation as a global literary capital.

A recent national study that shows Iowans ranking low in the amount of money they donate to nonprofit organizations was not surprising to a University of Iowa analyst who works closely with the state’s charitable organizations.

Chaden Djalali, the new dean of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, talks about the appeal of the University of Iowa, the challenges of balancing the diverse aspects of a liberal arts education, and his affinity for music.